Pak rejects Krishna's reported remarks on terror attacks

We are not scared of any threat, says Pak foreign office spokesperson.

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PTI

Islamabad

January 23, 2010

UPDATED: January 23, 2010 14:50 IST

Pakistan has rejected as "immature" External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's reported remarks that any future terror attack on India could impact bilateral ties, saying it would not be "scared by any threat."

Reacting to Krishna's remarks carried by a magazine, Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit said this was the minister's own thinking and that no country had been as sincere as Pakistan in the fight against terrorism as it was a "real victim" of the menace.

Pakistan would not be scared by any threat, Basit was quoted as saying by state-run APP news agency, describing Krishna's reported remarks as "an immature statement".

Krishna, while reacting to Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's reported statement that Islamabad could not guarantee against a repeat of 26/11, was quoted by 'India Today' as saying that India has been appreciated for its tolerance and statesmanship in the aftermath of Mumbai strikes, "but any repeat of such attacks will have serious repercussions on bilateral ties."

Basit claimed that India's response has been "lethargic" and "not positive" despite all the cooperation from Pakistan.

The "deadlock between the two countries would only be beneficial for non-state actors," he contended.

Both countries are nuclear powers and "to think about war is equal to suicide", he added.

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